System/Policy
Redefining public media for the future
Public media is made up of hundreds of storefronts in communities large and small, each of which has a unique window into ...NPR Board appoints Haaga as interim chief, announces 10-percent buy-out plan
Paul Haaga, a lawyer and financier who has served as NPR vice chair since last fall, was appointed interim president as the ...Greater Public, iMA announce merger
Greater Public, formerly DEI, and Integrated Media Association (iMA) announced today that the organizations had merged as of the end of August. Atlanta-based ...Technical hurdles, unknown costs loom in spectrum repacking
As the FCC prepares to reshuffle the layout of the nation’s television spectrum for the repacking process, public broadcasters are girding for ...Knell’s departure prolongs churn in NPR presidency
The unexpected departure of President Gary Knell puts NPR in the all-too-familiar situation of looking once more for a leader.Uncertainty about marijuana’s status casts doubt on dispensary underwriting
Public radio stations are divided over whether to accept underwriting donations from what could be an up-and-coming source of income: marijuana dispensaries.Kentucky public radio stations evaluate advantages of working together
Leaders of Kentucky’s public radio stations are considering how they might collaborate and consolidate operations, with a goal of cutting costs and ...Sharp staff cuts at Pacifica’s WBAI aim to save station
Pacifica has laid off the entire news department of WBAI-FM and almost all paid staff effective Monday in an effort to keep ...Senate approves all five presidential nominees to CPB Board
President Obama's five nominees to the CPB Board were approved Thursday night by the U.S. Senate.New Orleans PDP station WLAE ends PBS membership
WLAE in New Orleans dropped PBS programming as of Aug. 1. General Manager Ron Yager told Current that the decision to forego PBS ...Pacifica’s D.C. station in dire financial straits, says interim executive director
Pacifica station WPFW in Washington, D.C., is in “a pretty critical financial situation,” according to Summer Reese, interim executive director of the ...Who owns Open Air? CPR sues TPT over name
Colorado Public Radio filed a trademark infringement and violation suit in federal court in Colorado earlier this month against Minnesota's Twin Cities ...Public media wrestles with legality of unpaid internships
As managers grapple with how to cultivate young, diverse talent as public media leaders, questions of whether to compensate interns — and ...Indiana pubmedia stations to connect via high-speed fiber network
A state-operated fiber network will soon link all Indiana pubcasters for the first time. Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations (IPBS), a consortium of nine ...Court rejects broadcasters’ appeal to block Aereo
Aereo, the startup service that allows subscribers to view and record television broadcast programs via the Internet, won another legal victory on ...
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